civil suit

collocation in English

meaningsofcivilandsuit

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civil
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪv.əl/us
/ˈsɪv.əl/
not military or religious, or relating to the ordinary people of ...
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suit
noun
uk
/suːt/us
/suːt/
a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt that are made from the ...
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(Definition ofcivilandsuitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If, however, the testimony was such that it would subject the witness to a debt action or acivilsuit, the privilege was not available.
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They may become the subject of acivilsuitfor negligence where damage results.
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The attorney files either a criminal prosecution or acivilsuitfor compensation against the company.
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They will be subject to both criminal prosecution andcivilsuitfor their private acts.
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The courts do not, as a rule, hear acivilsuitfor damages until criminal proceedings are out of the way.
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Let me take the case of immunity fromcivilsuit.
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It is an immunity from prosecution or fromcivilsuitin relation to the activity that one is pursuing.
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Two remedies are available—one is thecivilsuitfor an injunction and damages, and that is going forward.
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The organisation itself may also be sued in the case of acivilsuitfor damage caused by a vehicle belonging to it or operated on its behalf.
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Thecivilsuithas not come off.
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The powers under section 39, or the relief available in acivilsuit, must always depend upon the determination and desire of the landowners in question to assert their rights.
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Under the current scheme, awards are assessed by the board on the basis of common law damages—what an applicant could expect to be awarded in a successfulcivilsuit.
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Though prior sanction of the local government is to be required in regard to a criminal prosecution, no such sanction is required for the institution of acivilsuit.
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Of course, the scheme no longer seeks to provide finely judged compensation covering every head of damage that might be awarded in a successfulcivilsuit.
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I would confine even those cases to the case of libel, which is more or less of a criminal nature even where it is acivilsuit.
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Days since the 2007civilsuitbegan, there have been calls by the public to redress the grievances of the three abovementioned whistle-blowers.
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Protesters are considering acivilsuitagainst police for the activity, which they have described as branding.
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As a result, the woman's family has filed acivilsuitagainst the mall's owner.
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Three years later, the university settled acivilsuitbrought by the federal government alleging fraud related to financial aid charges.
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While they could be reclaimed through acivilsuit, this does not resolve the problem of the ownership of assets.
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